TOWN & COUNTRY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LV, Issue 5780, 25 September 1893, Page 2

TOWN & COUNTRY.

c Mr Orwin deaires public acknowledgement to be made of the receipt of a present of a guinea to the Charitable Aid Barracks, by 11 8. F." A ipeoial meeting of the Geraldine County Oouocil vu held on Saturday for the purpoie of • adopting " a resolution previously pa»sod> making a special order to give the Lerels Biding an additional member. The resolution will be " confirmed " at a special mealing on October 28th. Mr F. W. Btubb», Begistrar of cleofcors for th« Pareora eleotoral district, requests that claim* for enrolment sent to him by post •hall be addressed " Registrar of Eleotora, Parsora, Timaru " A number of claims have been addressed to the postmasters at Timaru and elsewhere, and this gives unnecessary trouble. The Women's Frat chise Oommitfee adver tise that forms for enrolment may be obtained and filled m at the room under the Assemb y Hall to-morrow evening from 7 till 9 o'clock, and on Thursday afternoon from 2 till 6 n p to the present time the committee have been instrumental m placing 400 names en the »o!l. The BegUtrar of Electors at Caristchurob will not accept applications with ' wife" written opposite •' occupation " ; he baa it altered to "housewife." He will acoept "spinster," but then " occupation" should, he says, he struck out, and "condition" written m its place. He says "no " will not do as a description of "occupation," " although it will not render the olaims informal." Of late the lower cro«sing to the Pareora ?iver has been very dangerous., and persons using it have greatly Inconvenienced those who live near the river. Mr S. Hanten and his men have been " knocked up " at all houri of the night and early morning, to help people to orosi. In the day time they have also lost several hours of rateable time and their legitimate work, to help people over the river. When the ford is bad the Geraldine snd Waimate Councils should see that men are on hand, to put people over the ford, " seeing that the bridge is totally useloss, not let travellers depend on those who lire near, T Wi who get do f« or p»y mob work. ' T

Members of the C Battery are reminded that a Government parade is ordered for tomorrow evening at 7.80, when a full and punctual muster will be expected. After trying for years to popularise weight for age races, the Sonth Canterbury Jookey Olub have determined to strike out the "Timaru Guineas" from next year's programme. Messrs Pack, Cameron, and Hendy of the Gourlay and Walton Company were out fishing yesterday, and from amongst a good haul of various fishes obtained a fine specimen of the " sea horse," one of the largest wo have seen. The creature had twisted its tail round the line. This, as a ouriosity, was i pot m spirits and will be taken to Melbourne. The party had a good view of the seal too, at close quarters. A number of forms of claim for enrolment were sent from Wellington and distributed through the Pareora electorate, many of which have been filled up and sent m, whioh applications are valueless, as the form sent war that of an old Act, and different from the form preicnbed by the Aot of this year. A lot of trouble will be caused by the blunder, which illustrates the old proverb, " More haste, less speed." We are informed that the seal whioh visited the harbour on Friday was seen m Caroline Bay on Saturday. We are requested to warn everyone who may see it and be tempted to injure it, that there is a heavy penalty for killing or taking seals* It was seen again yesterday, and a great many Sunday strollers got unsatisfying glimpses of it. Two persons m a boat got more than that as the seal rose up unexpectedly close to the boat, and opening its mouth to its widest extent, seemed to approaoh the boat threateningly, and its sudden appearance and vicious look oauied the oarsman to turn the boat away as smartly as possible. The seal then retired out of eight and appeared next near the harbour entrance. The following appears m the London letter of a Chrigtchurch contemporary : — " Edward Andrew Clark, sometime cook at tbe Criterion Hotel, Timaru, is sought bj the legal representatives of the late Louisa Storr (nee Clark), he being one of the few people having a claim upon deceeased's estate. Edward Andrew, who left Jersey m 1871 for the Colony, was lost heard of m California, but ie believed to have returned to New Zealand. Any friend knowing his whereabouts should communicate with him instant!;, for unlest Mr Clark puts m proof of hie claim with Messrs Badham and Badham, of 3, Baiter* Hall, Cannon street, before November 2nd next, he will be " peremptorily excluded from participating m the estate." During a disoussion et the Otago Education Board one of the members said there seemed to be an impression abroad that a girl could not teach the Fourth Standard m somo of tbe country sohiols The secretary thereupon produced the inspector's report of the Waikouaiti School, which showed that the first assistant there (Miss Marohbanks) taught 34 children m the Fourth Standard and 26 children m tbe Second Standard this year, and had only three failures m the two classes. Mr Green said that tbat was a complete answer to all doubts as to the capabilities of female teoohers, and tbe secretary remarked that he could give several similar instances! he had simply taken the first one that oame to his hand. The servioe of soog " Dibs " was repeated on Friday by the Presbytsmn Sabbath Sohool choir, under their leader, Mr 7. J. Griffin. There was a largo audience, who were all very tnuoh pleased with the perform* anoe, whioh was capitally given, and showed considerable improvement on the first per* formanoe. The fallowing sang solos and duets, and all sang well : — Girls : S. Finlay, A Campbell, L. and A. and E. McOahon, LPile, B. Sutherland, S. Irwin, L. Murray ; boys : B. Kennedy, J. Finlay, and S. Anderson. At the olose of the performance the Bey. W. Gillies (who had given the oonneo" tire readings) while proposing votes of thanks, said he had reoeived an anonymous letter containing a golden pin, whioh he was asked by the writer to present to Mr Griffin as a token of appreciation of the excellent manner m which be had trained tbe ohoir. Mr Griffin m reply expressed both his thanks and as* tonisbment, and also thanked Miss Kennedy for|aer very valuable assistance as organist. The little inoident of the gold piu created much interest and evoked great applause. The Registrar of Electors was busy on Saturday looking through a pile of applications for enrolment, received on Friday and early oa Saturday. At the meeting m the Assembly Rooms on Friday there was a good deal of discussion about the place for tbe " signature" of the applicant. Tbe Registrar says the proper place is on the line marked " name m full," but if tbe came is filled m there by someone else, he will accept a signature below. It is most important that the name of the applicant should be plainly written, and if the applioant cannot cr will not write plainly, the witness should re-write tbe name legibly on any convenient space. It may be well to point out that applicants who cannot write, and must make a "mark," can only do bo beforo a registrar, justice of the peace, or a postmaster. Wo hear that some claims have been sent m with " her mark " witnessed by an elector, f bese will not pass if tho Aot as passed resembleß the Bill at pritiUu. .Another point ib that anyone who has had a claim m the Registrar's hand 15 days, and has not heard from that officer of any objection, is considered to be on the roll, and may therefore witness application declarations. News,c»me to hand by tbe last Home mail of another " Timaru boy " who is doing well ia Xi gland, namely Mr W. W. Gabites, son of Mr George Gabites. Mr W. W. Gabites snoo leaving Christ's College to embrace a medical career, pactod through the University medical and surgioal course with great distinction. He took Dr Ferguson's special prize for ejo and ear work, and the diplomas of bachelor of surgery and bachelor of medioine m November, 1891. He was junior resident surgeon at Dunedin hospital for 1892, and left for England as surgeon of the Fifesbire iv February, 1893. He is now attached to the London hospital— the largess m that city, making up over §00 beds. He ittended tbe post-graduate course of leoturcs and demonstrations on bacteriology at King's Ooljege, eye-work at Moorfields Hospital, aar and throat at the Throat Hospital j also >t the epileptic and other hospitals. News sras received by this mail of bis having taken ;he M.R CB. and L.RO.P. diplomas, these being prelitdn&ry to other distinctions m the 'uture. Hij intention ie to practice as a ipecialiat. He is now attending the Royal Jpthalmio Hospital at Moorfields for three tours daily, a very arduous oouree of work, leoessitating great application. Besides this, n oommon with some other New Zealand ioctors, who have gone Home on a flying isifc, he is watohiDg and noting oaece %\ (be arioue institutions,

The usual weekly meeting of thn Lifeboat Itfdge, No. 101, was held tat Friday evening, Bro. Muohmore, OT. m the chair. There wag a Urge BtteDdanoe of rremberg and visitors. After routine business bad been finished the programme of the evening was gone on with, being a dobate whioh oauied s> good deal of amusement, lhe lodge wag olosed at 9.45 by the C.T. Tbe eleotrical piano hai raaohed Dunedin. The modus operandi is very simple, bting nothing more than an application of the old well-known devices of the magnet and armature to eaoh key, the electric oircuit being made and broken by meant of small perforatbnt (representing the notes of the piece to be played) m a sheet of paper placed over the keys inside, asd fed from a spool moving over a traoker board, m whioh are corresponding holes or channels leading to a set of pnen* matiofl. Ihesa are fed by a set of small bellows worked by an electric motor, and when a hole m the paper oomes opposite a channel m the traoker board the air is drawn m, the pneumatic opens, the electrio circuit is oompleted, and the blow is given. When the perforation has passed the air chancel the oirouit is broken, and so on as the openiDge appear and pass by m the revolving spool of music. The motor is regulated by a stop, and brings the tempo nnder perfect control, the expression being given by the pedals. The electric current required to operate this instrument is very light. Apropos of the enfranchisement of women the Tablet writes:—"Bow is the lime for a little chivalrous attention on the part of men towards women. Whatever tbe opinions of \ some men on the subjeot, it ie clearly the duty . of all eituens, m the interests of the oolony, to make the new measure effeotive and to ( secure the most complete registration. The . unassuming woman, who always drags herself ; away from her grea*. work of family care and , household duty with the greatest reluotanoe, ought owtainly, if women vote, to have a voice m the direction of national affairs. ! The female political crank will take care of ( herself. Whether the honre be prosperous L or neglected the will not fail to have , her name on tho Ji.t of electors. Men, { therefore, should see to it that those who are | the real workers m the cause of vigorous > national life will not debar themselves through ( the retiring disposition, which every true woman possesses, from exercising what is now [ a certain duty. We believe that women, j with the intelligence and keen intuition of ( right and wrong which they undoubtedly } possess, will not be found wanting iv judg* j ment and discrimination. It is not improbable I that the entrance of women into the field of politios will have a decidedly ussful effect, ( It is oertainly to bs hoped that some election ( practices-highly discreditable m the case of ( men, almost sooreligious if it were a question of women—will be once for all abandoned."